On This Day in F1: 18 May

Timeline of 18 May

1. 2025

   1. Pole position Oscar Piastri on pole for McLaren at Autodromo Imola.3rd career pole
   2. Race win Max Verstappen wins the Emilia Romagna Formula 1 Grand Prix for Red Bull at Autodromo Imola.65th career win

2. 2003

   1. Pole position Michael Schumacher on pole for Ferrari at Red Bull Ring.54th career pole
   2. Race win Michael Schumacher wins the Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix for Ferrari at Red Bull Ring.67th career win

3. 1980

   1. Pole position Didier Pironi on pole for Ligier at Monaco Circuit.1st career pole
   2. Race win Carlos Reutemann wins the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix for Williams at Monaco Circuit.10th career win

4. 1969

   1. Pole position Jackie Stewart on pole for Matra at Monaco Circuit.1st career pole
   2. Race win Graham Hill wins the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix for Team Lotus at Monaco Circuit.14th and final win

5. 1967

   1. Birthday Heinz-Harald Frentzen is born.turns 59 today

6. 1958

   1. Debut Cliff Allison makes his Grand Prix debut for Team Lotus in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 18 startsDebut
   2. Debut Graham Hill makes his Grand Prix debut for Team Lotus in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 179 startsDebut
   3. Debut Bruce Kessler makes his Grand Prix debut for Connaught in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 1 startDebut
   4. Debut Luigi Taramazzo makes his Grand Prix debut for Maserati in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 1 startDebut
   5. Debut Bernie Ecclestone makes his Grand Prix debut for Connaught in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 1 startDebut
   6. Debut Ken Kavanagh makes his Grand Prix debut for Maserati in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 1 startDebut
   7. Debut Giulio Cabianca makes his Grand Prix debut for Osca in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 4 startsDebut
   8. Debut Maria-Teresa de Filippis makes his Grand Prix debut for Maserati in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 5 startsDebut
   9. Debut André Testut makes his Grand Prix debut for Maserati in the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix at Monaco Circuit.first of 2 startsDebut
   10. Pole position Tony Brooks on pole for Vanwall at Monaco Circuit.1st career pole
   11. Race win Maurice Trintignant wins the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix for Cooper-Climax at Monaco Circuit.2nd and final win

7. 1952

   1. Debut Max de Terra makes his Grand Prix debut for Simca in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 2 startsDebut
   2. Debut Ken Wharton makes his Grand Prix debut for Frazer-Nash in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 16 startsDebut
   3. Debut Jean Behra makes his Grand Prix debut for Gordini in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 52 startsDebut
   4. Debut Hans Von Stuck makes his Grand Prix debut for AFM in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 4 startsDebut
   5. Debut Toni Ulmen makes his Grand Prix debut for Veritas in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 2 startsDebut
   6. Debut Lance Macklin makes his Grand Prix debut for HWM in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 15 startsDebut
   7. Debut Eric Brandon makes his Grand Prix debut for Cooper-Climax in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 5 startsDebut
   8. Debut Alan Brown makes his Grand Prix debut for Cooper-Climax in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 9 startsDebut
   9. Debut Peter Collins makes his Grand Prix debut for HWM in the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten.first of 34 startsDebut
   10. Pole position Nino Farina on pole for Ferrari at Circuit Bremgarten.3rd career pole
   11. Race win Piero Taruffi wins the Swiss Formula 1 Grand Prix for Ferrari at Circuit Bremgarten.1st career win

8. 1931

   1. Birthday Bruce Halford is born.would have turned 95 today

9. 1928

   1. Birthday Jo Schlesser is born.would have turned 98 today

10. 1914

    1. Birthday Toulo de Graffenried is born.would have turned 112 today

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